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Updated: May 3, 2025
Sergeant Madden approved of the job. His son Timmy couldn't have done better. Here was Planet IV before them, a little off to one side, as was proper. They had run no risk of hitting in overdrive. The distance was just about a quarter-million miles, if Krishnamurti's Law predicting the size and distance of planets in a sol-type system was reliable. The world was green and had icecaps.
The other parties would be more anxious. So the astrogation-conference did not deal with a direct return to Earth, but with a small sol-type star not too far out of the direct line. The Pole Star could have been visited, but it was a double star. Cochrane had no abstract scientific curiosity. His approach was strictly that of a man of business. He did the business.
We couldn't stage enough different shows from this planet to keep it going the minimum six weeks for a contest like that. Instead, we're taking off in a couple of hours. Jones agrees. The astronomers back home have picked out another Sol-type star that ought to have planets. We're going to run over and see what pickings we can find. Not too far only twenty-some light-years!"
They can't try to get but so far! What's the nearest sol-type star?" The Aldeb's skipper pushed a button and the Precinct Atlas came out of its slot. The skipper punched keys and the atlas clicked and whirred. Then its screen lighted. It showed a report on a solar system that had been fully surveyed. "Uh-uh," grunted the sergeant. "A survey woulda showed up if a planet was Huk-occupied.
In him, the gesture indicated practically hysterical frustration. But he said: "Yes. Twenty-one light-years. Back on Earth they're anxious for us to check on sol-type suns and Earth-type planets." "For once," said Cochrane, "I am one with the great scientific minds. Let's go over." He made his way to the circular stairway leading down to the main saloon.
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